Video emerges of Mike Evans in brawl outside nightclub

Summary of 5 articles · Updated Aug 23, 2014

He became the center of controversy Friday when TMZ aired a video of Evans in a brawl at a Miami nightclub. The agent for Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie receiver Mike Evans said Friday that a fight Evans was involved in outside of a nightclub in Miami occurr… (more)ed months ago and that Evans was not arrested. A video posted by TMZ Sports shows Evans fighting with bouncers outside of Dream Nightclub in South Beach. James Andrews, the nightclub's general manager, told the Tribune on Friday he believed no such incident occurred outside his club last weekend. Now that the video has come to light, however, the NFL could review the situation as a first offense for Evans under the personal-conduct policy. Evans was trying to regain access to the VIP area after using a bathroom he wanted to get his girlfriend to leave with him but didn't have his wristband and was asked to leave, Gilmore said. I regret that this incident that happened nearly six months ago has become a distraction to my team and I look forward to continuing to prepare for the start of my rookie season with the Buccaneers.”

Bucs’ position on Evans “unchanged” in light of TMZ video

In the wake of a video that surfaced Friday on TMZ involving Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans, the team that made him the seventh overall pick in the draft has reiterated its faith in and commitment to Evans. “During his time here since we drafted him in …

TMZ had revealed that Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie wide receiver Mike Evans was in the middle of a violent outbreak at a Miami nightclub back in March, prior to the Bucs drafted him. Now Evans and the Buccaneers have issued statements about the incident.…